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Solvent-free photochemical formation of cubane-type Ru complexes from organometallic ionic liquids with cyanoborate anions†

Haruka Koshino,a   Zi Lang Goo, ORCID logo b   Kunihisa Sugimoto ORCID logo b  and  Tomoyuki Mochida ORCID logo *ac  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan
E-mail: tmochida@platinum.kobe-u.ac.jp

b Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Kindai University, 3-4-1 Kowakae, Higashi-osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan

c Research Center for Membrane and Film Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai, Nada, Kobe, Hyogo 657-8501, Japan

Abstract

Coordination compounds, including cage compounds, are typically synthesized via solution reactions. Here, we report the solvent-free, quantitative conversion of organometallic ionic liquids (ILs) containing alkyltricyanoborate anions into solid tetraalkyl cubane-type tetranuclear Ru complexes upon UV irradiation. Furthermore, we elucidated the diverse packing structures of the octyl derivative.

Graphical abstract: Solvent-free photochemical formation of cubane-type Ru complexes from organometallic ionic liquids with cyanoborate anions

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01996F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
09 Apr 2025
Accepted
09 May 2025
First published
16 May 2025

Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article

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Solvent-free photochemical formation of cubane-type Ru complexes from organometallic ionic liquids with cyanoborate anions

H. Koshino, Z. L. Goo, K. Sugimoto and T. Mochida, Chem. Commun., 2025, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC01996F

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